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Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.DC.’s Second in Command

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.

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Dr. Ralph Abraham is second in command at the C.D.C. As Louisiana’s surgeon general, he ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations.
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Bolsonaro To Start Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Over Coup Plot

Brazil’s Supreme Court court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a prison term for conspiring to remain in power after losing the last election.

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Jair Bolsonaro during an interview in January.
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Hamas Says It Returned Body of Another Hostage From Gaza

The remains were not yet identified. Before the handover on Tuesday, Israel said the bodies of three other captives were still in the enclave.

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A Red Cross convoy believed to be carrying the remains of a deceased hostage handed over by Hamas on Tuesday in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
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Strike and Trump Tariffs Drive ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Boost for Canadian Wine

The trade war with the United States, bans on U.S. wine and liquor imports and a recent distributor strike in British Columbia have Canadians giving their homegrown wines another look.

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The bar at the Cannon Estate Winery in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Sales there have increased by 66 percent this year.
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Will Dressing Up Fix Flying?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has introduced a campaign meant to encourage civility.

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Clothes make the traveler: Once upon a time people dressed up on airplanes. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hopes to encourage them to do so again.
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Binance Is Sued by Oct. 7 Victims’ Families, Accused of Aiding Terrorism

A lawsuit claims the cryptocurrency exchange turned a blind eye as $1 billion used to finance the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and other acts moved through its network.

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Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s founder, was convicted of money laundering in 2023 and pardoned by President Trump in late October.
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How New York Can Protect Its Street Vendors

The city’s history can be understood through the people who sell food on sidewalks. Here’s how New York could set them up for success.

Loquacious and unflappable, Mr. Baioumy, who arrived from Egypt in 2004, said vending allowed him to adjust to life in New York.
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Share Your Most Memorable SantaCon Story

We’re gathering readers’ stories about one of New York’s most polarizing holiday traditions. Share your best, worst and wildest SantaCon memories here.

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Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk

Some experts see a dangerous combination of factors reminiscent of practices that led to previous financial crises.

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A conference held by Nvidia in Washington last month. The company’s multi-trillion-dollar valuation assumes endless growth.
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The Fed and Big Tech Re-Raise Investors’ Spirits

Markets appear to be hoping again that the central bank will cut rates next month, and that the artificial intelligence boom has room to run.

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Indications that the Fed may cut interest rates next month have helped lift the S&P 500.
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U.S. Army Secretary Meets With Russian Envoys on Ukraine Peace Plan

The secretary, Daniel Driscoll, held talks in Geneva over the weekend with a Ukrainian delegation. “We remain optimistic,” his spokesman said.

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Daniel P. Driscoll, the Army secretary, center, in Geneva after closed-door talks with the Ukrainians on Sunday.
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Are Schools a Problem?

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth.

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High school students in Williston, N.D.
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China and Japan, With Trump in the Middle, Are in a Showdown

With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.

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President Trump and Xi Jinping meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October. A phone call on Monday between the two leaders came as tensions have risen between China and Japan.
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As Trump Pushes to End Ukraine War, Europe Toils to Have a Say

Initially cut out of development of the 28-point peace plan, European leaders are now trying to recast its pro-Russia slant. So far, it seems to be working.

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A funeral on Sunday for victims of a Russian strike on a residential building in Ternopil, western Ukraine.
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U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza

The project could offer relief for tens of thousands of Palestinians who have endured two years of war, but has raised questions about whether it could entrench the partition of Gaza into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled zones.

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A tent camp for displaced people northwest of Gaza City this month.
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